03-23-2017, 11:32 AM
(03-23-2017, 11:26 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Dunno, I was really disappointed with Docherty, looked fumbly, ran into trouble and kicked poorly. His possessions had no hurt factor. The smaller tiger forwards really hurt us, guys he was minding. He seems to be lacking touch and confidence.
Gibbs and Murphy had "almost" games, they almost laid tackles, they almost intercepted, they almost retarded the player enough... but didn't. Ultimately they didn't put any effective pressure on their mids or win enough clearances to stem the tide. Thus, I thought they were essentially ineffective, especially in the first half when the game was on the line. Their ball use by hand was not good and sold guys into trouble. Cripps also looked to be lacking touch, very badly.
Still can't understand why Martin ran around unfettered all night, surely a senior player like Gibbs would see what was happening and attempt to intervene?
Docherty's tackle on Martin was symptomatic of his night IMO....lacked intent, he looked like he wanted soem easy kicks rather than a hard night...thought the Tiger small forwards killed us all night and both Docherty and Simpson need to defend better...
Martin probably had several players on him but none wanted to upset or play close to Dusty...we are very soft physically and dont have any players who can return fire, even Casboult looked apprehensive of Martin.
Its the same every season, we need to get a couple of nasty players who can serve some physical stuff back..
Murphy and Gibbs went ok but didnt impact..